from the gateway
Dozens of students sacrificed a good night’s sleep as part of the “Sleep Out for the Homeless” campaign for the Open Door Mission.
The event, which took place on the night of Oct. 13, was organized as part of a coalition between UNO’s and Creighton’s Phi Beta Sigma fraternities as well as their sister sorority, Zeta Phi Beta.
Cameron Carter, president of UNO’s Phi Beta Sigma’s undergraduate chapter, has been involved with the fraternity since 2007 and participates in the campaign every year.
“It gets better and better every year,” Carter said. “Two years ago, it got real cold, like maybe about 10 degrees, so we moved it up a little bit this year.”
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“From day one, they showed me all kinds of ways to be a better person,” McClarcy said. “I wasn’t on the straight and narrow. I wasn’t into the books like I wanted to be. When Phi Beta Sigma came into my life, I wanted to be a part of it from day one. I wanted to better myself and better the individuals around me.”